Amtrak

A newly released federal planning document recommends a new passenger railway connecting Peoria to cities like Bloomington, Galesburg, Champaign, and Davenport sometime in the next forty years.

Peoria Mayor Rita Ali and former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood are on the same track in their assessment of talks to bring high-speed rail service to Peoria.

Passenger trains last rolled into a Peoria train station in the early 1980s. But there may be a way to link the River City's residents to the rails once…

KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Michigan State Police say three people were killed when their car collided overnight with an Amtrak train near Kalamazoo.Oshtemo…

A blast of polar air enveloped much of the Midwest on Wednesday, closing schools and businesses and straining infrastructure with some of the lowest…

DENVER - Amtrak says the Southwest Chief train route connecting Chicago to Los Angeles with stops in Colorado will stay in operation as is for at least…

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A detention hearing is underway for a Wisconsin man who was found mentally unfit to stand trial for the May shooting of an Amtrak…

A nearly $2 billion high-speed Amtrak rail project in Illinois is in its final phase of construction.The Amtrak passenger service at speeds of up to 90…

A new $3.7 million train station has opened in southern Illinois.The station in Carlinville now has a heated and air-conditioned waiting room, free…

An 89-year-old train depot in Alton is being razed. Union Pacific had been leasing the building to Amtrak . The passenger rail service started serving…